consent
English
editEtymology
editRecorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre, present active infinitive of cōnsentiō (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editconsent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)
- (intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
- After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- My poverty, but not my will, consents.
- (transitive, medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
- 2002, T Usmani with KD O'Brien, HV Worthington, S Derwent, et al., “A randomized clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of canine lacebacks with reference to canine tip”, in Journal of Orthodontics, volume 29, number 4, , →PMID:
- When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant
- (transitive, obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
- Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story.
- To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 8:1:
- And Saul was consenting unto his death.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
- Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.
Usage notes
edit- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
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editRelated terms
editCategory English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sent- (feel) not found
Translations
editto express willingness
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Noun
editconsent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)
- Voluntary agreement or permission.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 6, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.
- (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 14:18:
- And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
- (obsolete) Advice; counsel.
Synonyms
edit- (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “voluntary agreement”): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal
Derived terms
edit- advice and consent
- age of consent
- by common consent
- consensual non-consent
- consentaneous
- consent decree
- consentful
- consentless
- consent of the governed
- consent search
- consentual
- disconsent
- e-consent
- implied consent
- informed consent
- manufacture of consent
- nonconsent
- preconsent
- silence is consent
- unconsent
- with one consent
Translations
editvoluntary agreement
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Further reading
edit- “consent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “consent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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- inflection of consentir:
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